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The ad debuts Wednesday at two Seattle TV stations and a cable channel. It never tells voters to support Initiative 502, it never asks them to agree that pot should be legal, it just says let's talk about it.

Should Washington's attorney general focus on street crime, like gun violence and gangs, or concentrate on making sure people don't fall victim to scams or get taken advantage of by powerful corporate interests?

The charter schools measure would allow the independent public schools to be established in Washington state for the first time. Voters have rejected the idea three other times, in 1996, 2000 and 2004.

The Northwest Power and Conservation Council guides power and environmental policy in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, all of which are frustrated because boats continue to leave Lake Mead in Nevada and Arizona contaminated with quagga mussels.

Supporters of gay marriage in Washington state said Monday that they raised more than $952,000 last month for the campaign to uphold the state's new law, which is currently on hold pending the outcome of a November ballot measure.

Republican Dean Kinzer said that the commissioners' decision to increase funding for the development from $9 to $15 million is one of the main reasons why he is running to take over the Whitman County Commissioner District 2 position.